Golden Half

Golden Half
Golden Half
Genres	Pop music
Years active	1970-1974
Members	Maria Mori; Luna Takamura; Eri Ishiyama; Yumi Kobayashi; Eva Mari

Golden Half (ゴールデンハーフ, Gōruden Hāfu) was an early 1970s J-pop band made up of 5 hafu members including Maria Mori, Eva Mary and Luna Takamura.^[1]

Golden Half was promoted by Watanabe Productions and was composed in September 1970 to sing and go-go dance on the Fuji TV show BEAT POP. They often sang western pop songs in Japanese^[2]^[3] and split in 1974. The band appeared in the nightclub scenes in Yasuharu Hasebe's Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter where they performed their hit song Kiiroi Sakuranbo ("Yellow Cherry").^[4]

References

^ Zack, Naomi (1995). American mixed race: the culture of microdiversity - Naomi Zack - Google Books. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780847680139. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
^ "Growing Up Different but Never Alienated". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
^ "What Is Japan's Fetish This Week? Foreign… Flair". Kotaku. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.

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[1] Zack, Naomi (1995). American mixed race: the culture of microdiversity - Naomi Zack - Google Books. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780847680139. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

[2] "Growing Up Different but Never Alienated". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-18.

[3] "What Is Japan's Fetish This Week? Foreign… Flair". Kotaku. Retrieved 2012-03-18.

[4] Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.

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